Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

The Science Squad is a science outreach program of the Biological Sciences Initiative (BSI) at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The Science Squad is a group of graduate students from science and engineering departments who visit K-12 school classrooms to lead inquiry-based, hands-on science presentations for the K-12 students. Most of the presentations are aimed at secondary (middle and high school) levels, with a few available for elementary...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal neurological disease found in deer, elk and moose. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been recognized in free-ranging deer in Colorado since 1985, but how long it has been present or how it arose are unknown. The lessons in this module are designed to be taught in sequence. For each activity, students assume the role of researchers studying an emerging disease. As they evaluate and analyze information concerning...

This is the second in a series of annual reviews of the Colorado Model Content Standards. Its purpose is to identify student performance in the sciences.

In 2010, House Bill 10-1131 was passed creating a Colorado Kids Outdoors Grant Program administered through the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, and requiring the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) to adopt a statewide plan for environmental education. The goals of both the grant program and the statewide plan are twofold: (1) to improve young peoples knowledge of the environment, and (2) to increase young peoples opportunities for outdoor...